The walk required an average of 12 miles a day with the longest leg being 16 miles. Alfred Wainwright devised the walk to traverse some of the best scenery in England, avoiding roads and towns and passing through just two counties, Cumbria and Yorkshire. To achieve this, the walk crosses the Lakes, the Yorkshire Dales and Moors and means that the total ascent on the walk is 25,000 feet- Everest is only 30,000 feet!

We were blessed with good weather on the walk except for a brief hailstorm and a flurry of snow and experienced some stunning scenery and views. We encountered a wide range of very interesting people during the walk, a number who have made donations to EAAA once they knew we were raising funds for this charity.We have set up a website, www.justgiving.com/bandbc2c  which enables donations to be made and has the advantage that gift aid is automatically collected from donations.

Any Rotarian wishing to support our efforts are encouraged to use the website and at the time of writing, 24 May, we had raised a total of £1,800.

 By Dickie Bird and Paul Biscoe